Network Engineer - Financial Services

Senior Cisco Network Engineer

  • Location: City of London

  • Company: Large global financial services organisation

  • Salary: Up to £70,000 plus bonus and comprehensive benefits

  • Working pattern: Hybrid (3 days per week in the London office)

A leading financial services organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Cisco Network Engineer to join its growing technology team. This is a key role with responsibility for the design, delivery, and ongoing support of a global enterprise network, working in a complex, high-availability environment.

You will play a pivotal role in modernising network infrastructure, driving technical improvements, and providing senior-level support across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design, implement, and support large-scale enterprise networks

  • Take ownership of network enhancements and infrastructure modernisation initiatives

  • Provide technical leadership and guidance to other team members

  • Deliver Level 3 network support and participate in an on-call rota

  • Implement and support routing, switching, firewall, and SD-WAN solutions

  • Integrate switches, routers, wireless controllers, SDN, load balancers, NAC servers, and cloud platforms

  • Ensure network security, resilience, and high availability across global environments

Skills & Experience Required
  • Proven experience designing and implementing networks in a large user or enterprise environment

  • Strong Cisco background (ideally CCNP or CCIE)

  • In-depth knowledge of Layer 2 technologies (VLANs, VTP, STP)

  • Experience with high-availability technologies (vPC, SVL, HSRP)

  • Strong understanding of routing protocols

  • Hands-on experience with SD-WAN technologies

  • Experience with Cisco Wireless solutions

Job Details

Company
Ashdown Group
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£65,000 - £70,000 per annum
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